Meanings
- uncountableThe quality or state of being a river.
The dull mound now cuts off the sportive infancy of the Stour from its sorely-tasked term of useful riverhood.
1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People2 more examples
Suppose we say that the wild, raging torrent captures the 'true spirit' of riverhood, that it is the 'real' thing while the sluggish version is a degenerate.
1999, Keekok Lee, The Natural and the Artefactual, page 171Would it be appropriate to define harm to the river's riverhood in monetary terms as we do, rather misguidedly on our own personhood? Would monetary compensation paid to adress^([sic]) the aggrieved river's rights be adequate?
2022, Brunilda Pali, Miranda Forsyth, Felicity Tepper, The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice, page 121
Origin
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